Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Light Reading leverages the industry's most trusted telecom research brands, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, to contribute to the only integrated business information platform serving the $4 trillion global communications industry. (PRNewsFoto/Light Reading)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Salaries in the global telecom industry have begun to stabilize, with more than 40 percent of telecom professionals expecting a small to moderate pay raise this year, according to the results of the second annual Salary Survey published by UBM TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the largest research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace.

As part of its annual salary survey, Light Reading polled 2,500 telecom professionals, including nearly 600 service providers. Based on this survey of Light Reading's global audience, it's clear that job satisfaction in the telecom industry remains steady. Here are some of the highlights from the report:

More than 60 percent of respondents increased their income year-on-year in 2011, while 65 percent expect to make more in 2012

In 2010, only 15 percent of respondents thought their department would reduce headcount in the year ahead, but 28 percent of those we surveyed this year say their companies did make job cuts

As in last year's survey, less than half plan to leave their current employer in the next year

Three quarters of respondents were satisfied with their employer overall

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Light Reading combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 300,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline executives across five continents. As part of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), Light Reading leverages the industry's most trusted telecom research brands, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, to contribute to the only integrated business information platform serving the $4 trillion global communications industry.

The Light Reading Communications Network combines the most trusted telecom research brands with award-winning online communities and a rich events portfolio to deliver the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry. With the power of this platform, leaders who build, deploy, finance and regulate next-generation telecom networks are able to make more informed decisions on emerging market and service opportunities. The Light Reading Communications Network is a division of UBM TechWeb (www.ubmtechweb.com), the global leader in technology media and business information.